Francis Schaeffer Quotes About Values

Quotes about: Values

• If there is no absolute moral standard, then one cannot say in a final sense that anything is right or wrong. By absolute we mean that which always applies, that which provides a final or ultimate standard. There must be an absolute if there are to be morals, and there must be an absolute if there are to be real values. If there is no absolute beyond man's ideas, then there is no final appeal to judge between individuals and groups whose moral judgments conflict. We are merely left with conflicting opinions.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Real, Mean, Men

  Francis August Schaeffer (1982). “The Complete Works of Francis A. Schaeffer: A Christian view of the west”

• I am afraid that as evangelicals, we think that a work of art only has value if we reduce it to a tract.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Art, Thinking, Ifs

• The value of the things is not in themselves autonomously, but that God made them, and thus they deserve to be treated with high respect. The tree in the field is to be treated with respect. It is not to be romanticized as the old lady romanticizes her cat (that is, she reads human reactions into it). This is wrong because it is not true. When you drive the axe into the tree when you need firewood, you are not cutting down a person; you are cutting down a tree. But while we should not romanticize the tree, we must realize God made it and it deserves respect because He made is as a tree.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Cat, Cutting, Tree

• The overall way of thinking in the United States has shifted away from basic Biblical values, and the media share in the responsibility for this change.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Christian, Religious, Responsibility

• Modern man has no real "value" for the ocean. All he has is the most crass form of egoist, pragmatic value for it. He treats it as a "thing" in the worst possible sense, to exploit it for the "good" of man. The man who believes things are there only by chance cannot give things a real value. But for the Christian the value of a thing is not in itself autonomously, but because God made it.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Christian, Real, Believe

• Christianity is not just involved with "salvation", but with the total man in the total world. The Christian message begins with the existence of God forever, and then with creation. It does not begin with salvation. We must be thankful for salvation, but the Christian message is more than that. Man has a value because he is made in the image of God.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Christian, Men, Being Thankful

  Francis A. Schaeffer (2009). “Art and the Bible”, p.89, InterVarsity Press

• When my conscience under the Holy Spirit makes me aware of a specific sin I should at once call that sin sin and bring it consciously under the blood of Christ. Now it is covered and it is not honoring to the finished work of Jesus Christ to worry about it, as far as my relationship to God is concerned. Indeed, to worry about it is to do spite to the infinite value of the death of the Son of God. My fellowship with God is restored.

  Francis Schaeffer

  God, Jesus, Son

  "True Spirituality".

• ‎People have presuppositions... By 'presuppositions' we mean the basic way that an individual looks at life- his worldview. The grid through which he sees the world. Presuppositions rest upon that which a person considers to be the truth of what exists. A person's presuppositions provide the basis for their values- and therefore the basis for their decisions.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Mean, People, Decision

• All men bear the image of God. They have value not because they are redeemed, but because they are God's creation in God's image.

  Francis Schaeffer

  Men, God's Creation, Bears

  Francis A. Schaeffer (2013). “The Mark of the Christian”, p.15, InterVarsity Press

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